Shovel



(No Model.)

W. C. GREG-G.

ISHUVEL.

Patented Aug, 24, 1886.

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NITED STATES WILLIAM G. GREGG, OF GOLOONDA, NEVADA.

SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,161, dated August 24, 1886.

Application filed November 28, 1885. Serial No. F4172. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. GREGG, of Golconda,in the county of Humboldt and State of Nevada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shovels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper and lower parts of my improvedshovel,shown separated. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, shown connected. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide shovels of the kind known as long-handled shovels, constructed in such a manner that the blade when worn can be readily replaced by a new one.

The invention consists in the construction and combination ofvarious parts of the shovel, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

A represents the socket-strap, to which a handle is secured in the ordinary manner, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Upon the lower end of the socket-strap A is formed a plate, B, similar to the upper part of a shovel-blade, and which has a row ofrivet-holes, 0, formed through it near its lower edge.

D is a shovel-blade made similar to an ordinary shovel-blade, except that it may be a little shorter, and which has a row of rivetholes, E, formed through it near its upper edge.

In connecting the parts B D of the shovel the upper part of the blade D is lapped upon the rearside of the lower part of the plate B, so that the rivet holes 0 E will coincide. Rivets F are then passed through the rivetholes from the rear side of the blade D, and are headed down upon the forward side of the plate B, so as to firmly connect the said blade and plate. The forward side of thelower edge of the plate B and the rear side of the upper edge of the blade D are beveled,to prevent the substance beingshoveled from lodging against the said edges. IVith this construction when the blade D becomes worn the rivets E can be punched out and the worn blade replaced by a new one, thus saving the expense of an entire new shovel every time a blade wears out.

I am aware that it is not new to secure a shovel-blade to the handle-shank by means of rivets, and I do not claim the same, broadly, as of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I. The combination,with the blade D, having a straight upper edge,a series of apertures, E, along the same, and having its lower edge pointed, as shown, of the T-shaped handlesocket strap A, formed with the plate B on its lower end, the plate B having its lowerstraight edge apertured at O and overlapping the upper edge of the blade D, and rivets F, passing through said apertures, the edges of the overlapped ends of the blade and plate being beveled, substantially as set forth.

2. In a shovel, the handle-socket strap A, struck from asingle piece of metal and formed with the plate B, having a straight lower edge provided with a series of apertures, 0, substantially as shown and described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a shovel-plate formed of sheet metal and having a straight upper edge, with a series of apertures, E, and pointed on its lower edge, as shown.

IVILLIAM O. GREGG.

Witnessesz' WILLIAM OUsIcK, W ILLIAM R. Bron. 

